Molten armor

Type	Armor
Defense	9
Body slot	Shirt
Tooltip	7% increased melee damage
Rarity
Sell	60 SC
Research	1 required

Type	Armor
Defense	8
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	7% increased melee critical strike chance
Rarity
Sell	90 SC
Research	1 required

Type	ArmorSet
Defense	25 (set)
Set Bonus	10% extra melee damage,; Cannot be set on fire
Rarity
Sell	2 GC10 SC (set)

Molten armor is a pre-Hardmode melee armor set consisting of the Molten Helmet, Molten Breastplate, and Molten Greaves. Crafting a full set requires a total of 45 Hellstone Bars (135 Hellstone and 45 Obsidian).

The full set grants the following effects while equipped:

+25 defense
+17% melee damage
+7% melee critical strike chance
+7% melee speed
Immunity to the On Fire! debuff
The player leaves behind a visual trail of flames.

Set

Molten Greaves

Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	8
Body slot	Pants
Tooltip	7% increased melee speed
Rarity	03*
Sell	60 SC
Research	1 required

Internal Item ID: 233
Internal Armor ID: 9

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Molten Breastplate	Hellstone Bar20	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
Molten Greaves	Hellstone Bar15
Molten Helmet	Hellstone Bar10

Trivia

When walking, the Molten Helmet and Molten Greaves appear to visually pulse in brightness on the magma-covered parts of the armor. This does not apply to the breastplate.

History

Desktop version

Desktop 1.4.1:
- Molten Helmet now gives 7% melee critical chance.
- Molten Breastplate now gives 7% melee damage.
- Molten Leggings now give 7% melee speed.
- The 17% melee damage set bonus has been reduced to 10%.
- Players wearing a full set of Molten armor cannot be inflicted with the On Fire! debuff.

Desktop 1.3.2: Sprites updated.

Desktop 1.2: Hellstone Bar requirement reduced by 50%.

Desktop 1.1:
- No longer requires Gold armor to be crafted.
- Hellstone Bar requirement reduced by 5 for each piece, bringing set cost from 105 down to 90 bars.

Desktop 1.0.6:
- Set bonus damage increased from 15% to 17%.
- Now only gives melee damage.
- Removed the light effect while moving when wearing the full set.

Desktop 1.0.5:
- Now requires Gold armor to be crafted.
- Defense of each piece increased by 1.
- Set bonus changed from 5 defense to +15% damage, wearing full set produces light effect while moving.

Desktop 1.0.3:
- Defense of each piece reduced by 2.
- Set bonus increased from 0 to 5 defense (set bonus was previously listed as 10, but was not in effect).
- Armor sprite updated.